[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
One of the country's most wanted fugitives is captured in Roanoke County.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And one of the men accused of killing gay college student Matthew Shepard goes on trial today in Wyoming.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Cloudy, foggy, and damp as you begin this Columbus Day...but the overcast skies will later give way to partial sunshine.
The complete work week outlook..coming up.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[E-Fugitive-Captured]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-28 TC1:53:21]
[GRAPHIC=fugitive arrested]
One of America's most wanted fugitives was captured in Roanoke County yesterday afternoon, after he wrecked his car, and apparently shot himself as police closed in.
He's now in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Kate Weidaw tells us what happened.
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[IN Q=a week long]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Capt. Charles Compton/State Police; :40]
[SUPER=@Kate2; 1:17]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=kw news 7]
((A week long search for 22 year old Terry Leon Boyd ended after he lost control of his car while exiting off of interstate 81 at the route 419 exit.
Boyd was featured on the television show America's Most Wanted Saturday night, he's charged with killing his step-grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month.
He was on the run in Roanoke county when the stolen car he was driving went into the median, blowing the front tire out.
Authorities say as Boyd got out of his car to change the tire other motorists stopped to help him.
But when police showed up, Boyd got into the car and grabbed his 9 millimeter gun.
[SOT 18:14:32]
[INQ=]
((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: A SHOT WAS FIRED WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT APPARENTLY SHOT HIMSELF.))
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[RUNS= 11]
But Boyd was still conscious -- officials were able to get him safely out of the car and arrest him.
Police say they were worried about the people who had stopped along side the road to help.
[SOT 18:17:20]
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((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: THE FRIGHTENING THING HERE IS THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD STOPPED TO ASSIST A PERSON WHO WAS CHANGING A TIRE.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 15]
Boyd was taken to Roanoke Memorial hospital where he has undergone hours of surgery.
Authorities from Washington D.C. will be coming down to make sure this is the man they have been looking for.
Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke County.))
[Raphine-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
A trucker was killed when he was hit by a rig in the parking lot of a Rockbridge County truck stop.
It happened late yesterday afternoon at White's Truck Stop off Interstate 81 in Raphine.
State police say the victim was standing between two parked tractor-trailers when one of the trucks pulled away and turned, pinning him against the parked truck.
He was killed instantly.
Police are withholding the man's identity until they notify his family.
No charges have been filed.
[E-Mills-Obit]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-30 2:03:36]
[GRAPHIC=None]
One of WDBJ's most well known sports directors has died.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]
Dexter Mills passed away Saturday at a Roanoke hospital.
Mills began his career as an announcer on WDBJ's radio station.
In the 60's he became the first sports broadcaster to emphasize NASCAR and give the drivers the same press as other sports figures.
He ended his 43 year career as the morning news anchor.
Mills was 82 years old.
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[Gay-murder]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
The second defendant goes on trial today in the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard.
Aaron McKinney is charged with murder, robbery and kidnapping.
If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Laramie, WY;]
[3:05:32]
Shepard's killing outraged the gay community and prompted calls for stronger hate-crime laws.
Last night, about two-thousand people packed a memorial concert for Shepherd headlined by Peter, Paul and Mary.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=NATS OF CONCERT]
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[VO-NAT]
Shepard died a year ago tomorrow, five days after being beaten.
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[SOT]
[3;03:23]
[IN Q=]
(("IN THE LAST YEAR, MY EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED. I BELIEVED GAY PEOPLE WERE RECEIVING THE SAME PROTECTIONS AND RIGHTS THAT I TOOK FOR GRANTED. I BELIEVED THAT GAY PEOPLE RECEIVED EQUAL TREATMENT AT WORK, IN THE SCHOOLS, AND AT HOME. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO WRONG IN MY LIFE."))
[SUPER=01-Dennis Shephard/Matthew Shepard's Father;]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=in my life.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SS=HOLD]
In April, Russell Henderson pleaded guilty to similar charges and received two life sentences.
He's been subpoenaed to testify by McKinney's public defenders.
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Roy Stanley has N-F-L highlights, plus a blowout in the American League playoffs.
Good Morning Roy.
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[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=1:54]
[OUT Q=later on Mornin]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M99-5]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Roll Cold out of Break]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=welcome back]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon; :00]
[SUPER=01-Alice Swain/Virginia Dare; :26]
[SUPER=04-1989; :31]
[RUNS=2:44]
[OUT Q=News 7 Mornin' Returns]
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: virginia dare))
[OIL-SPILL]
[ANCHOR=MEL]
[NEWSCAST=MORN]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In Russia this morning they're working to clean up a massive oil spill.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-St. Petersburg, Russia;]
[3:23:41]
Between 50 and 300 tons spilled into a river near St. Petersburg after a tanker ran aground.
But Russian officials say there is no immediate threat to drinking water.
The leak was sealed after 24 hours.
And authorities say two oil-trapping vessels have already collected about four tons of oil.
Preliminary reports suggest the crew was responsible for the accident.
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[E-Rt-114]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=99-35 1:21:32]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Drivers traveling on one of Montgomery County's busiest roads may want to slow it down.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.]
At least that's the hope of local law enforcement.
In recent weeks, sheriff's officials have beefed up patrols along Route 114 between Christiansburg and Fairlawn.
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[SOT ub: 13:18:30]
[IN Q=We varied]
((SGT. DAVID BOLEJACK/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: WE VARIED THE TIMES THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE AND SOME OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE, SOME IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, WE TRIED TO TARGET ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.))
[SUPER=01-Sgt. David Bolejack/Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00]
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[OUT Q=of the day.]
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[VO-NAT]
Over the past two months, sheriff's deputies have written 201 tickets along Route 114, mostly for speeding.
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./October 31, 1997]
Residents have been hoping for something like this for several years now-- in hopes of avoiding accidents and fatalities-- such as those they've witnessed in the past.
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[sot]
[in q= I think]
((MABEL STANGER/ROUTE 114 RESIDENT: I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE CONSCIOUS THAT THERE IS SOMEONE PATROLLING AND I THINK IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE, VERY MUCH.))
[SUPER=01-Mabel Stanger/Route 114 Resident; :00]
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[out q= very much.]
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[VO-NAT]
The increased patrols were made possible by a federal highway safety grant-- which just ended.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, there's new information about the benefits of tea.
Mika Brzezinski has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Mika Brzezinski/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
(( WHERE YOU LIVE MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVING A HEART ATTACK.
VT-VO
A NEW STUDY OUT OF CHICAGO FINDS THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RACIALLY INTEGRATED NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET C-P-R.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE C-P-R BEFORE THE
PARAMEDICS ARRIVE ON THE SCENE ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A
HEART ATTACK.
RESEARCHERS BELIEVE INTEGRATED NEIGHBORHOODS MAY HAVE AN ESPECIALLY
STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET TRAINED
IN C-P-R.
VT-VO
SCIENTISTS MAY BE ONE STEP CLOSER IN UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS...A GENETIC LUNG DISEASE THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN 30 THOUSAND AMERICAN YOUNGSTERS.
TESTS IN MICE SUGGEST A REVERSIBLE FATTY-ACID IMBALANCE MAY BE THE CAUSE OF CHRONIC LUNG INFLAMMATION AND EXCESS MUCUS...COMMON SYMPTOMS OF THE ILLNESS.
RESEARCHERS WERE ABLE TO REVERSE THE SYMPTOMS OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS IN THE MICE.
THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN CYSTIC FIBROSIS CONFERENCE.
CLINICAL TRIALS ON HUMANS ARE EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR.
VT-VO
WE'VE ALL HEARD THE EXPRESSION....AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY...WELL THE SAME MAY HOLD TRUE FOR TEA.
NEW RESEARCH OUT OF THE NETHERLANDS SUGGESTS THAT TEA MAY WARD OFF HEART DISEASE....ESPECIALLY IN WOMEN.
THOSE WHO DRANK ONE OR TWO CUPS DAILY REDUCED THEIR RISK OF NARROWING
ARTERIES BY 46 PERCENT. FOR THOSE SIPPING FOUR CUPS A DAY.. THE RISK DROPPED BY 69 PERCENT.
DOCTORS SAY TEA'S PROTECTIVE EFFECTS COME FROM FLAVONOIDS..WHICH ACT AS ANTI-OXIDANTS.
ONCAM-MIKA
AND THAT'S A LOOK AT THE DAY IN MEDICINE. I'M MIKA BRZEZINSKI, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M99-5]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Roll cold out of break]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Today on]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon; :00]
[SUPER=01-Connie Moore/SML Wine Festival; :17]
[SUPER=04-1995; :34]
[RUNS=1:06]
[OUT Q= beautiful weekend I'm sure]
[Steve Live]
(I'll call for boards)
[ESSC#87??]
[ESSC#87??]
[Double Boxes=SPA & KMC]
(Toss to Kimberly)
((Archive: wine festival))[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A man featured on America's Most Wanted over the weekend was caught yesterday in Roanoke County.
Terry Leon Boyd had been on the run after allegedly killing his step grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month in Washington DCTERMS.
He is hospitalized in critical condition this morning at Roanoke Memorial after shooting himself as police closed in.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[3:01:22]
Matthew Shepard was remembered at a candlelight vigil last night at the University of Wyoming.
Shepard was the gay college student who was tied to a fence, robbed, beaten and left to die one year ago.
One of his attackers goes on trial today on murder and kidnapping charges.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Contrary to a magazine report, federal health officials say there is no evidence to suggest New York's recent encephalitis outbreak was anything other than ``Mother Nature at work.''
An article in the New Yorker Magazine mentions an Iraqi defector who claimed Saddam Hussein was developing a strain of West Nile-like encephalitis for use as a biological weapon.
Based on C-I-A recollections, the magazine report suggested the outbreak might have been an act of bioterrorism.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Monday October 11th.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-Gay-murder]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
It's been one year since a gay college student died several days after being severely beaten in Wyoming.
Today the second man charged with killing him goes on trial.
Aaron McKinney is charged with murder, robbery and kidnapping.
If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Laramie, WY;]
[3:05:32]
Last night, about two-thousand people packed a memorial concert for Shepherd headlined by Peter, Paul and Mary.
Meantime Shepard's family appeared with Janet Reno Saturday night at a dinner in Washington DCTERMS.
It was part of a campaign pushing Congress to include attacks on gays and lesbians among federal hate crimes.
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[SOT]
((JANET RENO: "WE CANNOT LET OUR GRIEF OVERWHELM OUR RESOLVE TO HEAL THE DIVISION CAUSED BY INTOLERANCE AND BIGOTRY... AND TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST HATRED AND PREJUDICE EVERYWHERE WE FIND IT." APPLAUSE))
[SUPER=01-Janet Reno/U. S. Attorney General;]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=APPLAUSE]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=HOLD]
In April, Russell Henderson pleaded guilty to similar charges and received two life sentences.
He's been subpoenaed to testify by McKinney's public defenders.
[2-E-Fugitive-Captured]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-28 TC1:53:21]
[GRAPHIC=fugitive arrested]
The man authorities say was one of America's most wanted fugitives is in critical condition this morning.
He was captured in Roanoke County yesterday afternoon, after he wrecked his car, and apparently shot himself as police closed in.
Kate Weidaw has the details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=a week long]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Capt. Charles Compton/State Police; :40]
[SUPER=@Kate2; 1:17]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=kw news 7]
((A week long search for 22 year old Terry Leon Boyd ended after he lost control of his car while exiting off of interstate 81 at the route 419 exit.
Boyd was featured on the television show America's Most Wanted Saturday night, he's charged with killing his step-grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month.
He was on the run in Roanoke county when the stolen car he was driving went into the median, blowing the front tire out.
Authorities say as Boyd got out of his car to change the tire other motorists stopped to help him.
But when police showed up, Boyd got into the car and grabbed his 9 millimeter gun.
[SOT 18:14:32]
[INQ=]
((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: A SHOT WAS FIRED WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT APPARENTLY SHOT HIMSELF.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 11]
But Boyd was still conscious -- officials were able to get him safely out of the car and arrest him.
Police say they were worried about the people who had stopped along side the road to help.
[SOT 18:17:20]
[INQ=]
((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: THE FRIGHTENING THING HERE IS THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD STOPPED TO ASSIST A PERSON WHO WAS CHANGING A TIRE.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 15]
Boyd was taken to Roanoke Memorial hospital where he has undergone hours of surgery.
Authorities from Washington D.C. will be coming down to make sure this is the man they have been looking for.
Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke County.))
[2-Raphine-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
A trucker was killed instantly when he was hit by a rig in the parking lot of a Rockbridge County truck stop.
It happened late yesterday afternoon at White's Truck Stop off Interstate 81 in Raphine.
State police say the victim was standing between two parked tractor-trailers when one of the trucks pulled away and turned, pinning him against the parked truck.
Police are withholding the man's identity until they notify his family.
No charges have been filed.
[2-E-Mills-Obit]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-30 2:03:36]
[GRAPHIC=None]
One of Roanoke's television pioneers and a WDBJ anchor is dead.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]
Dexter Mills passed away Saturday at a Roanoke hospital.
Mills began his career as an announcer on WDBJ's radio station.
In the 60's he became the first sports broadcaster to emphasize NASCAR and give the drivers the same attention as other sports figures.
He ended his 43 year career as the morning news anchor.
Mills was 82 years old.
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[Feedback]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=feedback]
[GRAPHIC=Feedback]
A controversy News-7 revealed in Pulaski County is the topic of this week's Feedback.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Animation Open]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=Animation Close.]
(( The story concerned Pulaski prosecutor Everett Shockley's failure to win the backing of the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police for another term.
New River Valley bureau chief Teresa Hamilton learned Shockley was so upset, he wanted an assistant to write a letter to a newspaper, criticizing local law enforcement.
The assistant resigned, instead.
A viewer who asked not to be named wrote:
Thanks for doing the story about the Commonwealth's Attorney in Pulaski County. It's about time that people found out we have had a Persecutor instead of a Prosecutor. The law enforcement officers give a big THANK YOU to Theresa Hamilton and your station for having the courage to stand up to Everett Shockley.
The address at News-7 is PO Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
Our fax number is 343-7269.
Our e-mail address is news@wdbj7.com.
And another place to express your opinion is our on-line forum, at wdbj7.com.
Joe McKean, News-7.))
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M99-5]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[ROLL COLD OUT OF BIRTHDAYS]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Today on]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon; :00]
[SUPER=07-Phil Hager; :19]
[RUNS=2:33]
[OUT Q= for growing their apples]
[Steve Live]
(I'll call for boards)
[essc#87??]
[essc#87??]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: wine festival))
[Encephalitis]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Experts are at a loss on what is the cause of the encephalitis/West Nile virus outbreak in the New York City area.
But one possibility in this week's New Yorker magazine is especially frightening.
Juliet Papa has the story.
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[SOT]
[3;07:48]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]
[SUPER=01-Jerry Hauer/Emergency Management Director;]
[SUPER=01-Juliet Papa/Reporting;]
[RUNS=1:50]
[OUT Q=CBS News, NY.]
[2-WebWatch]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=WebWatch]
[GRAPHIC=Webwatch]
Roanoke college's website has a new award.
And college students can get class notes on-line
Here's Eric Earnhart with WebWatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Disappearing Incorperated, or]
[SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA; :06]
[SUPER=01-Dave Marvit/Disappearing Inc.; :26]
[RUNS=1:18]
[OUT Q=EE, News-7]
(([intro]
[RUNS= :05]
Disappearing Incorporated, or Disappearing Inc says it's just like Mission Impossible. The San Francisco Company has developed a way to make confidential e-mail messages self-destruct after you read them.
Their software sends an encrypted e-mail along with a key to read it... after you read it, the key vanishes.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=the keys are ]
((DAVE MARVIT/DISAPPEARING INC; THE KEYS ARE DELETED, GROUND UP, STOMPED ON, BURNED, DISSOLVED,
JUST GONE, GONE, GONE. ))
[RUNS= 08]
[OUT Q=gone gone gone]
The Roanoke College Web site won a national award this month.
Campustours-dot-com named the Roanoke College Virtual Campus tour it's four-star award winner for October.
The Roanoke College tour will be featured on the site all month.
That's not all college students can do online. If you missed that important lecture, you can still pick up the notes you need on the Web.
Sites such as Studyaid-dot-com and StudentU-dot-com pay students for their lecture notes, then make them available to other students... so far it's free.
Many professors don't like it, saying it encourages students to cut class.
For links to these sites, click on Webwatch, on the WDBJ web site, at WDBJ-7-dot-com.))
[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Virginia Tech moves up in college football polls and the Roanoke Express prepare for their season opener.
Roy Stanley has the details.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=1:45]
[OUT Q=great day everybody]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(weather toss)
[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A week long search for 22 year old Terry Leon Boyd ended after he lost control of his car while exiting off of interstate 81 at the Route 419 exit.
Boyd was featured on the television show America's Most Wanted Saturday night, he's charged with killing his step-grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month.
As police closed in on his disabled car, Boyd shot himself, but survived.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
One of WDBJ's most well known sports directors has died.
Dexter Mills passed away Saturday at a Roanoke hospital.
In the 60's he became the first sports broadcaster to emphasize NASCAR and give the drivers the same press as other sports figures.
Mills was 82 years old.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Deputies are stepping up enforcement along Route 114 between Christiansburg and Fairlawn.
Over the past two months, sheriff's deputies have written 201 tickets along Route 114, mostly for speeding.
Residents have been hoping for something like this for several years now-- in hopes of avoiding accidents and fatalities.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
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(Kimberly ad lib weather)
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[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS